Aesthetic restoration challenges using the stratification technique

Abstract

Aim and objectives: To describe a resin layering and stamp restorative technique based on the biomimetic concept to improve esthetics in a patient with dental defects that affected both enamel and dentin in posterior teeth. Material and methods: The patient, a 23-year-old girl, presented to the doctor with blackish staining on the teeth in the posterior side and no complaints of discomfort. She needs odontotherapy treatment on the mandible in multiple teeth on the posterior side by using the layering technique. Results: The layering technique for posterior teeth can reproduce the aspects of a natural tooth, like its different opacities, shades, and translucencies of enamel/dentin, which can be individualized during buildup in an attempt to match with natural structures, and reduction of the shrinkage stress generated by the polymerization contraction. Conclusion: An important advantage of the incremental layering technique is the possibility to reproduce the aspects of a natural tooth, such as its different opacities, shades, and translucencies of enamel/dentin, which can be individualized during buildup in an attempt to match with natural structures.